🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 14 – Head-on Situation (International & Inland) • Difference between a meeting/head-on situation vs a crossing situation • Standard passing arrangements: port-to-port vs starboard-to-starboard

💭 Think About

• Visualize two power-driven vessels on roughly opposite courses: what is the safest, most predictable maneuver so both captains know what to expect? • Ask yourself: in a true head-on situation, do the Rules expect both vessels to maneuver, or just one? And to which side? • How do whistle signals fit into this Rule: are they used to decide what to do, or to indicate what the Rules already require?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm from Rule 14 that in a head-on situation both power-driven vessels are required to take action, not just one. • Check whether the Rule specifies a default passing side (port-to-port vs starboard-to-starboard) for head-on power-driven vessels. • Verify whether whistle signals are meant to negotiate a non-standard passing arrangement or simply to signal the required standard maneuver.